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@geiten tant getraut @fitta HENRY SCHILD ANDJACOB SCHILD, or NEW Your,N. Y.

" Lam-s Para No. 65,016, mamy-21,1861.

IMPROVEMENT 1N YENTHD rAUcETs.

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TO ALL'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: A y,

Be it known that we, HENRY SCHILD alnd JACOB SCHILD, of No. 218 Fifthstreet, in the city, county and State of New York, have invented a newand improved Faucet; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art-to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which-'Figure l represents a horizontal section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an end view of the plug detached.

Similar letters of reference in all views indicate correspondingpar-ts.` Y

This invention relates to a faucet which is provided with an air-channeland with a suitable valve. This valve isclosed by the action of' aspring, and it is opened by a tooth or projection on the plug acting onan elbow-lever, which connects with the stem of'the valve in such amanner that the air-channel remains closed luntil the plug is turnedwide open, and no more air is permitted to enter the barrel thannecessary to overcome the external pressure of the atmosphere, therebycausing the liquid in the barrel to discharge whenever it may be wanted,and preserving the same against the injurious influence of theatmosphere.

A represents a faucet which is provided with a plug, B, of the ordinaryform and construction. This plug is provided with an annular groove,a,'into which catches the end of an elbow-lever,b, and which isfurnished with atooth, c, so that by turning the plug in the properdirection, said tooth bears on the end of the elbowlever and causesthe-same to move in the direction of the arrow marked thereon inflg. 2.Said elbow-lever is situated in a cavity ot' the faucet g' it has itsfulcrum on a pivot, d; it is connected to the end of the stem e of avalve, j', which is ground into the seat g.,` A spring, L, acts on saidvalve, and has a tendency to keep the same down-to its seat, a spiralspringbcing used by preference, which bears at one end on the head ofthe valve, and at its opposite end on a guide-bracket, z', which serves'to steady the valve-stern. From the valve-seat g extend two channelsjk, one to the inner end of the faucet, and the other in a direction atright angles to thelongitudinal axis of the body of the faucet,4 asclearly shown in iig. 1 of the drawing. When the faucet is inserted intoa barrel the mouth of the channel is in the interior of s'aid barrel andthat of the channel lc outside, and when the valve is opened the'atmospheric air is free to enter into the barrel through the channelscj. AThe plug B is so arranged that lwhen the same is closed the valvefsalso closed, but when the plug is wide open the tooth o bears on the endof the elbow-lever and the valve i-s thrown open. The tooth, however,does not begin to act on the elbow-lever until the plug is wideop'en,and said plug can be brought in sucha position that the faucet` ispartially open and the contents of the barrel are free to dischargewithout opening the valve f. i By these means the discharge of thebarrel can be easily effected without admitting any more air than.required to cause vthe liquid to flow. As long as the gases in thebarrel have sufficient pressure to :overcome the external pressure ot'the atmosphere and to cause the liquid to discharge, the Vpl-ugV isopened just far enough to cause the tooth c to come in contact with theelbow-lever without opening the valve, but when the liquid ceases tolowthe plug is turned wide open, and, by the action of the toothc on theend of the elbow-lever, the valvei's opened and the external air hasfree access to the interior of the barrel through the channels It willbe noticed, however, that not more air is permitted to enter the barrelthan just enough to overcome the external pressure of the atmosphere,and all surplus air, on passing into thebarrel through the mouth o f thechannel j, immediately escapes again through the main channel of thefaucet, Abeing carried off by the current of liquid discharging throughsaid channel. l i

By this arrangement a faucet is obtained whicn allows ofV drawing liquidfrom a barrel in any desired quan-V tity, without requiring a'separatevent-hole. and at the same time the liquid in the bareLis preserved fromthe injurious influence of the atmosphere. I

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The valvcf at the inner ends of the channels j lc, in combination withthc elbow-lever b and tooth c of the plug B, constructed and operatingsubstantially and for the purpose described.

' HENRY SCHILD,

JACOB SCHILD. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF,

W. Mareas.

